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Latest news: Alexander Maconochie Centre

Committee calls for Indigenous-led inquiry into deaths in custody

A community advisory committee recommends an inquiry into deaths in custody in the ACT be Indigenous-led and trauma-informed.

Committee appointed to advise on ACT deaths-in-custody inquiry

Seven Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Canberrans have been appointed to a new community advisory committee to help shape the establishment of a Board of Inquiry into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...

EOIs for inquiry into Indigenous deaths in custody

Indigenous people can join a advisory committee inquiring into deaths in custody at the Alexander Maconochie Centre.

Wastewater testing for drugs at AMC

Plus a new program making it easier for detainees to access life-saving hepatitis C treatment, and $415K for Canberra artists and creatives.

ACT politics bulletin: Thursday 8 May

Inquiry into Aboriginal deaths in custody. More funding for the community sector. Protecting endangered lizards.

ACT politics bulletin: Thursday 27 March

The ballad of reading in gaol: more spaces for prisoners to study at the AMC. Election information videos from ANU experts.

Opinion: Kindness is free, jail is expensive

A reader sheds light on the struggles faced by those who have been through the ACT prison system and their efforts to reintegrate.

A Certain Justice: Recidivism and rehabilitation in the ACT

Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury says the ACT is on track to reduce recidivism by 25 per cent by 2025 - but Inspector Richardson disagrees.

Inmate dies at Alexander Maconochie Centre this morning

ACT Policing are investigating the death of a 34-year-old man at Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC) this morning.

Police investigating after inmate found dead at Alexander Maconochie Centre

ACT Policing is investigating the death of a 35-year-old male inmate at the Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC).    

ACT prisoners help reforest Yass

Prisoners at the Alexander Maconochie Centre have propagated 3,000 native plants to help restore endangered grassy woodlands in Yass.

ACT Confiscated Assets Trust: More funding for rehabilitation

A family counselling pilot in prison, greater access to ACT courts for Jervis Bay residents, and implementing electronic monitoring.

From old lags to old masters: Art exhibition by ACT prisoners

The NAIDOC Community Art Exhibition showcases the talents of First Nations artists in the Alexander Maconochie Centre, Canberra’s prison.

ACT Government’s weekly roundup

Record-breaking tourist numbers; Canberra Health Services's research; a dragon boat facility; a playgroup for detainees' children; and more.

Prisoners Aid ACT: the charity we never want to need, but just might

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ most recent Prisoners in Australia report, as at June 2022, 77 per cent of the ACT’s then 381 prisoners had already served at least one prior prison term.

Police target offenders smuggling illicit substances into the AMC

ACT Policing is issuing a warning to anyone considering smuggling illicit substances into the Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC) following recent incidents.

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